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Thomas the Train Costumes (Percy and Rosie)

Some ideas for kids' Halloween costumes.

  • By Larissa
  • Time Required: 15 hours; 3 or 4 days including drying time.
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Thomas the Train Costumes (Percy and Rosie)
December 18, 2012, 11:04 pm PST
  • Tools

Tools

  • Acrylic paint
  • Hot Glue gun & hot glue
  • Paper Plates
  • Paper bag
  • Scissors
  • Strips of fabric
  • White spray paint
  • box, cardboard
  • paint brushes for priming & painting

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Steps

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  • 1. Cut box top and bottom...
  • 2. Cut paper plates to appropriate...
  • 3. Paint wheels with black acrylic...
  • 4. Creating Rosie's window and siding.
  • 5. The box should be dry...
  • 6. Paint the top of the...
  • 7. Start to shape the body...
  • 8. Outline the windows.
  • 9. Paint another paper bag black...
  • 10. Don't forget the buffers. (Big...
  • 11. Hot glue some straps on.
  • 12. Lesson learned: Never go trick-or-treating...

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  • Cut box top and bottom as seen here.
  • Hot-glue top flaps together.
  • Spray-paint box.
  • Allow 24 hours to dry.

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Cut paper plates to appropriate size for box.

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  • Paint wheels with black acrylic paint.
  • Allow 1 hour to dry.

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Creating Rosie's window and siding.

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The box should be dry now. Paint it the main color of the train that you're making.

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  • Paint the top of the box black.
  • This will be the coal box.

Step #7:

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Start to shape the body of the character. The details shown here are made from white paper bags fastened with hot glue. You can just paint them on also.

Step #8:

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  • Outline the windows.
  • The ladder is made out of paper bag handles.

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Paint another paper bag black for the coal.

Step #10:

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  • Don't forget the buffers. (Big deal for the kids.)
  • Cut your coal up into strips and hot glue them on. Sorry no pic.

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  • Hot glue some straps on.
  • Pin it on a kid.
  • Add some face paint.
  • Some spider web for Percy the Ghost Train.
  • And presto! Go get some candy.

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Lesson learned: Never go trick-or-treating in the cold rain.

larissa

larissa

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